Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics

King’s College London

PhD

In London

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Description

  • Type

    PhD

  • Location

    London

Overview
REF2014: Overall, ranked 10th of 44 submissions in terms of Power Ranking (Unit of Assessment 5 – Biological Sciences).
Research income: £6.5m per year.
Current number of academic staff: 40 principal investigators, 37 PhD supervisors.
Current number of graduate research students: 41
Current number of post-doctoral research assistants: 48
PhD Success Rate: Over the last eight years the Division has had a 100 per cent success rate for students completing within four years.
Recent publications include:
Human immunoglobulin E flexes between acutely bent and extended conformations
Novel Labeling Schemes for Single Molecule Localization Microscopy
Diverse matrix metalloproteinase functions regulate cancer amoeboid migration
Structural dynamics of troponin during activation of skeletal muscle
Large-scale modelling of the divergent spectrin repeats in nesprins giant modular proteins
For further publications please see individual laboratory websites at: Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics.
Current research projects: Details of current research interests can be found on The Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics website. To discuss a possible project contact lab heads.
Partner organisations:
BHF Centre of Research Excellence
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Studies Division
Cardiovascular Research Division
Centre for Biophotonics
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Dimbleby Cancer Care
Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology
Imperial College London
King’s Bioscience Institute
MRC/Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma
MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology
National Institute for Medical Research
NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre
Nikon
Systems Biomedicine Graduate Programme
Zeiss

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Location

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London
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Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT

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Subjects

  • Allergy
  • Biology
  • Mathematics
  • Biophysics
  • Imaging
  • Biomedical
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • GCSE Physics

Course programme

Biophysics was established at King's by John Randall and made famous by the DNA structure studies of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins.

The Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics is based in New Hunt's House on the Guy's Campus and has strong collaborative links with other biomedical and clinical researchers in King's Health Schools. We contribute expertise in molecular and cell biology, molecular structure and molecular cell imaging.

Many of our research groups operate at the interface between the health, biomedical and physical sciences, developing new techniques for application in biology and medicine.

There are five research groups in the Randall:

  • Cell Motility & Cytoskeleton

  • Muscle Signalling

  • Cell Imaging

  • Structural Biology

  • Allergy & Asthma

There are close collaborations between laboratories in these groups and interactions with the Divisions of Asthma, Allergy & Lung Biology, Cancer Studies, and Cardiovascular Medicine, and the Departments of Mathematics and Physics. Several Principal Investigators (PIs) hold joint positions with these divisions and departments.

Recently, we have made several new appointments of young PIs to strengthen our research in cell motility, structural biology, cell imaging and muscle signalling. Qualification for principal investigator status within the division requires a sustained track record of high quality publications, significant peer-reviewed grant income and a proven commitment to the supervision and training of postgraduate students.

For further information about the research laboratories within the Division, please refer to their individual websites.

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